sunday with my seam ripper

Do you have days like those? I was so productive on Saturday and got a couple quilt backs sewn up, and some quilt sandwiches made. We had a rainy and gray weekend, so I thought I’d see if I could get a couple quilted, and maybe even one completely finished by the end of the weekend. No such luck.

I started in on the scrappy borders quilt (temporary name only – I don’t like the sound of that one!) and thought that maybe instead of stippling, I’d go for concentric squares inside each block. It started out well enough, but after doing a few of them, I realized that the adhesive wasn’t doing its job and the center of the quilt was going to end up with a lot of puckers if I kept going.

Unfortunately, I like this quilt a lot, and I couldn’t bear to see it ruined, so out came the seam ripper. And as you all know, what takes only half an hour to sew, takes about 3 hours to rip out! And to top it off, I managed to snag the top of the quilt and make a little hole.

I’m not letting it get the best of me though. I got it all ripped out and patched up, remade the quilt sandwich, and got it quilted by the end of the night. And it looks good. If I hadn’t told you, I don’t think anyone would realize how trying this was!

Oh, and little peek at the back. I’ve had the book Material Obsession for a while now and ever since I saw the photo on the cover I knew that I wanted a quilt with a lot of this green Flea Market Fancy on the back. This scrap quilt seemed like a perfect choice!

Ugh! Hate it when that happens! i use fusible batting – have you tried that? And as I saw your comment about needing a name for this one, one came to me in a flash i thought I’d share: “Scrappy Pathway” or something with scrap and path…

Oh dear! I had more days than I’d like to remember like this. I was thinking of trying something different that stippling for my next one, but now I don’t know…
:o)
Your quilt turned out lovely though.

Ashley,
Wow, your quilts are sew inspiring! You must be super speedy! I wish I had that sort of time. I feel your frustration with seam ripping. In fact, I sewed something the wrong way this weekend and then couldn’t even find my seam ripper! I must check your blog more often because I am sad I missed the give away. Bummer. Keep it up though! I love to see your quilts!

ahhh, we all know our own flaws within our own quilts but no one else will ever notice & the best part is that the quilt is gorgeous!! also, you mentioned that you use spray adhesive…but I was wondering what kind of batting you use?

Girl, the seam ripper and I were hanging out a ton on Sunday too. I’m so glad to see that I’m not crazy. When the day was over, I was almost ready to rock myself in the corner! So glad you pulled through! Looks so good!